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Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum, Nicht jede wird zur Frucht, Sie schimmern hell wie Rosenschaum Durch Blau und Wolkenflucht. Wie Blüten gehn Gedanken auf, Hundert an jedem Tag -- Laß blühen! laß dem Ding den Lauf! Frag nicht nach dem Ertrag! Es muß auch Spiel und Unschuld sein Und Blütenüberfluß, Sonst wär die Welt uns viel zu klein Und Leben kein Genuß.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 236-237.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Voll Blüten", written 1918, first published 1918 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Word count: 63
The peach tree stands full of blossoms, Not every one of them shall become a fruit, They shimmer as brightly as a foaming of roses Through the blue and the scudding of clouds. Thoughts arise like blossoms, A hundred on every day -- Let them bloom! let everything run its course! Do not ask after the yield! There must be play and innocence as well And an excess of blossoms, Otherwise the world would be far too small for us And life would not be an enjoyment.
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"Voll Blüten" = "Full of blossoms"
"Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum" = "The peach tree stands full of blossoms"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Voll Blüten", written 1918, first published 1918
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 87